Editorial Board

42 Editors in 16 Countries/Regions

China (17)
Mexico (4)
Australia (3)
South Korea (3)
South Africa (2)
Sri Lanka (2)
USA (2)
Canada (1)
Chile (1)
Greece (1)
India (1)
Malaysia (1)
Norway (1)
Spain (1)
Sweden (1)
United Kingdom (1)

Honorary Editor-in-Chief

Alejandro Lopez-Valdivieso

alopez@uaslp.mx

Instituto de Metalurgia, Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico.

Research Interests: colloidal interface chemistry, flotation theory and technology, preparation and application of mineral materials, magnetic separation theory, equipment development.

Editor-in-Chief

Shaoxian Song

ssx851215@whut.edu.cn

School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.

Research Interests: mineral flotation, fine particle processing, fineral materials, wastewater treatment, mining solid waste management, colloidal stability.

Contributions:

Research subjects suggested to young scientists in mineral processing to tackle future challenges of mining and minerals processing

Dry mineral processing: the new topic of XXXII international mineral processing congress

Associate Editors

Feifei Jia

School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.

Research Interests: preparation and application of mineral materials, wastewater treatment, precious metal extraction.

Hyunjung Kim

Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea.

Research Interests: mineral processing and extractive metallurgy, sustainable process development, urban mining, colloid chemistry.

Contributions:

The latest green and sustainable development of mineral processing and extraction

Editorial Board Members

Adrián Durán Benito

Department of Chemistry, University of Navarra, Navarra, Spain.

Research Interests: Cultural heritage, materials science, inorganic chemistry.

Mostafa Benzaazoua

Research Institute on Mines and Environment, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada.

Research Interests: mining, waste management, mineral processing, renewable energy.

Pablo Brito-Parada

Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.

Research Interests: foams, froths, sustainable mineral processing.

Zhao Cao

School of Mining and Coal Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China.

Research Interests: Rare earth minerals, noble metal extraction, flotation, interfacial chemistry, mineral materials.

Saeed Chehreh Chelgani

Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering,Swedish School of Mines, Lulea University of Technology, Lulea, Sweden.

Research Interests: upgrading critical raw materials and recycling, flotation, mineral processing, hydrometallurgy, AI modeling.

Luzheng Chen

Faculty of Land Resource Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, China.

Research Interests: magnetic separation, gravity concentration, mineral processing, fine particles processing.

Contributions:

High-gradient magnetic separation mechanism for separation of chalcopyrite from molybdenite

Luis Alberto Cisternas

Department of Chemical and Mineral Process Engineering, Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile.

Research Interests: process optimization, process modeling, mineral processing, water treatment, chemical engineering, separation technology, cleaner production, circular mining.

Nimila Dushyantha

Department of Applied Earth Sciences, Uva Wellassa University, Badulla, Sri Lanka.

Research Interests: REEs, REE extraction, mining, mineral processing, geochemistry.

Sebnem Duzgun

Department of Mining Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA.

Research Interests: mine closure and reclamation, quantitative sustainability assessment for mining projects, risk and safety analysis for coal mines, mine environmental monitoring

Andrea R Gerson

Blue Minerals Consultancy, Wattle Grove, Tasmania, Australia.

Research Interests: rock, acid mine drainage, tailings, copper, chalcopyrite, acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans.

Special Issue:

Successful Mine Site Acid and/or Metalliferous Drainage Remediation Case Studies

Sadia Ilyas

Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea.

Research Interests: critical minerals, rare earths, battery elements, circular economy, industrial waste management, sustainable development goals, bio-remediation, environmental inorganic chemistry.

Ioannis K. Koukouvelas

Department of Geology, University of Patras, Greece.

Research Interests: earthquake geology, natural hazards, remote sensing of landslides, UAV monitoring techniques.

Przemyslaw B. Kowalczuk

Department of Geoscience and Petroleum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.

Research Interests: mineral processing, minerals engineering, flotation, physicochemistry of surfaces, colloids systems, hydrophobicity, minerals, surface properties, extractive metallurgy, leaching.

Manseung Lee

Department of Advanced Materials Science & Engineering, Institute of Rare Metal, Mokpo National University, Chonnam, South Korea.

Research Interests: hydrometallurgy, catalyst, waste lithium battery recycling, leaching, solvent extraction.

Chunquan Li

School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing, Beijing, China.

Research Interests: mineral materials, mineral processing, powder surface modification, comprehensive resource utilization, advanced oxidation processes, environmental remediation.

Contributions:

Crystallization regulation of Fe0@Fe3O4 using a g-C3N4/diatomite composite for enhancing photocatalytic peroxymonosulfate activation

Songbo Li

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineerin Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China.

Research Interests: materials and mechanism for fuel cell.

Kun Liu

School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.

Research Interests: mineral materials, environmental materials, mineral processing, comprehensive utilization of solid waste.

Wengang Liu

School of Resources and Civil Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.

Research Interests: research and development of mineral processing agents and sorting theory, environmental protection in mineral processing.

Fanfei Min

Faculty of Materials science and Engineering, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, Anhui, China.

Research Interests: clay mineral, interface, slime, interface regulation, molecular dynamics, mineral materials.

Contributions:

Molecular simulation in surface hydration of clay minerals: a review of theory and applications

Special Issue:

Synthesis, Characterization and Utilization of Clay and Clay Composites

Anh V. Nguyen

School of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

Research Interests: colloid and interface science of particles, bubbles and drops in surfactant solutions, saline water.

Cesar Nieto-Delgado

División de Ciencias Ambientales, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (IPICyT) , San Luis Potosí, México.

Research Interests: coal and coke, water/solid inteface chemistry, wastewater treatment.

Hong Peng

School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

Research Interests: hydrometallurgy, zeolites, bauxite residue, clay minerals, nanobubbles, molecular dynamics simulation.

J.H. Potgieter

School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg, South Africa; Department of Natural Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), Manchester, United Kingdom.

Research Interests: extractive metallurgy, hydrometallurgy, electrochemistry, corrosion, metals recovery, waste valorisation.

Contributions:

Contribution of mineral processing and metallurgical technology to sustainable development of world mining industry

Amin Beiranvand Pour

Institute of Oceanography and Environment (INOS), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), Terengganu, Malaysia.

Research Interests: remote sensing, environment, satellite image processing, geological mapping, minerals, exploration geology, mining, exploration geophysics.

Mildred Quintana

Instituto de Fisica, Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico.

Research Interests: molecular recognition, graphene oxide, nanofiltration membranes, graphite.

Feng Rao

Zijin School of Geology and Mining, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China; Instituto de Investigacion en Metalurgia y Materiales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico.

Research Interests: alkali-activated materials, geopolymer, metallurgical waste, oxide minerals, mineral processing, flotation.

Amila Sandaruwan Ratnayake

Department of Applied Earth Sciences, Uva Wellassa University, Badulla, Sri Lanka.

Research Interests: geology, mineral processing, heavy minerals, mineral resources.

Liuyi Ren

Department of Mineral Processing and Materials, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.

Research Interests: complex mineral separation, fine particle flotation, particle-bubble interface interaction, solid waste resource utilization.

Yanbai Shen

School of Resources and Civil Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.

Research Interests: mineral material, environmental material, gas sensing material, solid waste utilization, comprehensive utilization of resource, biosorption.

Zhiming Sun

School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing, Beijing, China.

Research Interests: mineral materials, composite catalytic materials, environmental mineral materials, comprehensive utilization of mineral resources, surface modification, inorganic compound.

Contributions:

Crystallization regulation of Fe0@Fe3O4 using a g-C3N4/diatomite composite for enhancing photocatalytic peroxymonosulfate activation

Zenixole Tshentu

Department of Chemistry, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa.

Research Interests: inorganic chemistry, hydrometallurgy, functional mineral materials.

Contributions:

Towards improvement of hydroprocessing catalysts - understanding the role of advanced mineral materials in hydroprocessing catalysts

BALARAM VYSETTI

CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India.

Research Interests: trace element geochemistry, marine geochemistry, mineral exploration, spectroscopy, environmental chemistry.

Lei Xie

School of the Resources Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.

Research Interests: colloid and interface, intermolecular force, mineral processing, water treatment, adhesion and lubrication.

Contributions:

Overview of interfacial interaction mechanisms of bubble-mineral systems at the nanoscale

Yaowen Xing

Chinese National Engineering Research Center of Coal Preparation and Purification, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.

Research Interests: coal flotation, colloid chemistry, surface and interface forces, interface chemistry, bubble-particle interaction, flotation hydrodynamics.

Special Issue:

Coal and Coal-series Resources Upgrading

Chenyang Zhang

School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.

Research Interests: interface chemistry and surface coordination chemistry, molecular design of mineral processing and metallurgical reagents, theoretical and computational chemistry, mineral functional materials, treatment technology of pollutants reutilization.

Wencai Zhang

Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.

Research Interests: mineral processing, coal preparation, surface chemistry, hydrometallurgy, critical element recovery.

Contributions:

Alkali pretreatment effects on acid leaching recovery of rare earth elements from coal waste of the Western Kentucky No. 13 and Fire Clay seams

Hongbo Zhao

School of Minerals Processing & Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.

Research Interests: Mineral processing and extractive metallurgy, mining and metallurgy environmental engineering

Shuiping Zhong

Zijin School of Geology and Mining, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.

Research Interests: copper pyrometallurgy, rare metal extraction, recycle of resources.

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